Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 7.6.5

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जायन्ते च म्रियन्ते च केवलं जीर्णजन्तवः ।
न धर्माय न मोक्षाय मशका इव पङ्कजे ॥ ५ ॥

jāyante ca mriyante ca kevalaṃ jīrṇajantavaḥ |
na dharmāya na mokṣāya maśakā iva paṅkaje || 5 ||

We see the frail living beings springing to birth, and dying away at all times to no purposes, they are neither for virtuous acts nor their liberation, but are born to die only, as the gnats and ephemera of dirt.
English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (7.6.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jayanta, Kevalam, Kevala, Jirna, Jantu, Dharma, Moksha, Mashaka, Iva, Pankaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.6.5). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “jāyante ca mriyante ca kevalaṃ jīrṇajantavaḥ ”
jāyante -
jāyanta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mriyante -
√mṛ (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]

√mṛ (verb class 6)

[present middle third plural], [present passive third plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kevalam -
kevalam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kevala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kevala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

kevalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jīrṇa -
jīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jīrṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√jṝ -> jīrṇa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √jṝ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jṝ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √jṝ class 9 verb]

√jṝ -> jīrṇa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √jṝ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jṝ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √jṝ class 9 verb]
jantavaḥ -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “na dharmāya na mokṣāya maśakā iva paṅkaje ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharmāya -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mokṣāya -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
maśakā* -
maśaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

maśakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
paṅkaje -
paṅkaja (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paṅkaja (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]